Album Reviews

Highwater Haulers Highlight Hybrid Modern Alternative Rawk On Debut Puncher’s Chance

For those just tuning in, “Highwater Haulers is a New England rock and roll outfit starring Meaghan Casey on rhythm guitar and vocals, Taylor Brennan on electric guitar and vocals, Alfie Purcell on bass and Ryan Jackson on drums”. That’s according to their bio and, in all of our years [...]

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Hashtronaut Bring The Desert Rawk To Denver On Debut No Return

There’s not enough great, wholesome new Desert Rawk these days so it gives us all the feels when a band materializes embodying that spirit… and on a debut no less! The band in question today is Denver’s own Hashtronaut who channel legends like Black Sabbath, mainstays like Fu Manchu, and [...]

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Stompbox Stun With Stellar Surprise Recorded Return On Final Summer

Who’da thunk that in the year of our lord 2024 we’d be sitting here typing up what we think about a BRAND NEW Stompbox release??? By the time we had started our concert going lives back in ’94 (Yes, kids, we’ve been seeing shows for 30 years come this April!) [...]

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VR Sex Pelt Out Some Proper Post-Punk On Profound Hard Copy

Comparing an artists newest record to previous efforts can be, as the kids say, a bit sus. On the one hand, you tend to discount what came before depending on how the new effort fares so the trick is to do so in a way that flatters what preceded. Also, [...]

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PUREST FORM Channel The Dawn Of Industrial On Vibrant And Visceral New EP

We get wary when new bands are compared to old favorites. Especially when Ministry is involved. And that was the case when a recent Revolver piece went up touting that if we liked Ministry and Nailbomb then we should check out PUREST FORM. Most times the FFO recs are shite [...]

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Canyons and Locusts Pay Tribute To Justine Covault, Red On Red Records With Fuzzed-Out Fervor Of The Red Angel

Seems like we’ve been talking about Canyons and Locusts new EP forever with the steady roll out of singles that have preceded The Red Angel but the wait is finally over and fans will soon be rewarded with all of their favorites collected in one place along with two previously [...]

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